CA Technologies
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CA Technologies was a major American enterprise software company known for its mainframe, IT management, and security solutions before being acquired by Broadcom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CA Technologies canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7944333 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CA Technologies Context triple: [Broadcom, acquired, CA Technologies]
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A.
CA Technologies (regional offices)
CA Technologies (regional offices) refers to the network of regional corporate locations operated by CA Technologies, a major enterprise software and IT management company.
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B.
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is a leading global cybersecurity company known for its next-generation firewalls, cloud security solutions, and threat intelligence services.
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C.
Trend Micro
Trend Micro is a global cybersecurity company known for its antivirus, cloud security, and enterprise threat protection solutions.
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D.
Symantec
Symantec is a cybersecurity and software company best known for its Norton antivirus products and enterprise security solutions.
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E.
Comodo Group
Comodo Group is a cybersecurity company best known for its SSL certificates, internet security software, and secure web browser products.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CA Technologies Target entity description: CA Technologies was a major American enterprise software company known for its mainframe, IT management, and security solutions before being acquired by Broadcom.
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A.
CA Technologies (regional offices)
CA Technologies (regional offices) refers to the network of regional corporate locations operated by CA Technologies, a major enterprise software and IT management company.
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B.
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is a leading global cybersecurity company known for its next-generation firewalls, cloud security solutions, and threat intelligence services.
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C.
Trend Micro
Trend Micro is a global cybersecurity company known for its antivirus, cloud security, and enterprise threat protection solutions.
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D.
Symantec
Symantec is a cybersecurity and software company best known for its Norton antivirus products and enterprise security solutions.
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E.
Guidance Software
Guidance Software was a cybersecurity company best known for its EnCase digital forensics and endpoint security solutions used by enterprises and law enforcement agencies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
enterprise software company
ⓘ
public company ⓘ software company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Broadcom Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Broadcom
|
| acquisitionAnnounced | 2018-07-11 ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2018-11-05 ⓘ |
| acquisitionValue | 18900000000 USD ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| delisted | 2018 ⓘ |
| employeeCount | approximately 11000 ⓘ |
| employeeCountYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| formerName |
Computer Associates International, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Computer Associates International
|
| foundedBy |
Charles B. Wang
ⓘ
linked to:
Charles Wang
Russell Artzt ⓘ Tony Wang ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Islandia, New York
ⓘ
New York (state) ⓘ
linked to:
New York State
|
| inception | 1976 ⓘ |
| industry |
IT management software
ⓘ
computer security software ⓘ enterprise software ⓘ software ⓘ |
| keyPerson | Michael P. Gregoire ⓘ |
| keyPersonRole | Michael P. Gregoire – Chief Executive Officer ⓘ |
| listedOn | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
CA ACF2
ⓘ
CA Endevor ⓘ CA IDMS ⓘ CA PPM (Clarity) ⓘ CA Service Desk Manager ⓘ CA Spectrum ⓘ CA Top Secret ⓘ CA Workload Automation ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Asia-Pacific
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Broadcom Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Broadcom
|
| productType |
DevOps tools
ⓘ
IT management software ⓘ application performance management software ⓘ identity and access management software ⓘ mainframe software ⓘ project and portfolio management software ⓘ security software ⓘ |
| revenue | approximately 4.2 billion USD ⓘ |
| revenueYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| servedIndustry |
financial services
ⓘ
government ⓘ large enterprises ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| shortName | CA ⓘ |
| status | defunct as independent company ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | CA ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: CA Technologies Description of subject: CA Technologies was a major American enterprise software company known for its mainframe, IT management, and security solutions before being acquired by Broadcom.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.